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Description edit
The word "history" derives from the Greek word for "inquiry". Combining his encyclopaedic interests and curiosity about the customs and workings of humankind, the "Father of History" gives us an unforgettable account of the great clash between Greece and the Persian Empire. In his matchless... read more
People edit
- Troy: Add a description of this character.
- Dariuss
- Xerxes: King of Persia, leads an army against the Greeks.
- Cyrus
- Mardonius
- Cleomenes
- Amasis
- Themistocles
- Histiaeus
- Leonidas
- Aristagoras
- Miltiades
- Polycrates
- Periander
- Alexander
- Cambyses
- Harpagus
- Helen
- Smerdis
- Croesus
- Cleisthenes
- Zeus
- Gyges
- Demaratus
- Demeter
- Artaphernes
- Astyages
- Masistes
- Magus
- Gobryas
- Psammetichus
- Maeander
- Susa
- Leotychides
- Delos
- Hippocrates
- Arcesilaus
- Datis
- Sesostris
- Lake Maeotis
- Sardis
- Barca
- Thrasybulus
- Apries
- Heracles
- Megabazus
- Artabanus
- Otanes
- Hippias
- Menelaus
- Clisthenes
- Diana
- Prexaspes
- Dorieus
- Leutychides
- Glaucus
- Ister
- Bacchus
- Amyntas
- Tanais
- Maeandrius
- Atossa
- Deioces
- Baehr
- Tritonis
- Hellas
- Mardonios
- Histiaios
- Godley
- Demaratos
- Alexandros
- Herodotos
- Harpagos
- Kypselos
- Periandros
- Tomyris
- Artabazos
- Artaphrenes
- Massagetai
- Herakles
- Lydia
- Adrastos
- Kandaules
- Hermotimos
- Megabates
- Thrasyboulos
- Gorgo
- Minos
- Kleombrotos
- Hekataios
- Mardonlos
- Apollo: In Greek mythology, Apollo is the god of light and the sun, truth and prophecy, healing, plague, music, poetry, and more. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, and has a twin sister, the chaste huntress Artemis.
- Hephaestus: In Greek mythology, the Greek god of technology, blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, fire and volcanoes. Hephaestus' Roman equivalent was Vulcan. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was the son of Zeus and Hera, the King and Queen of the Gods.
- Jupiter: In ancient Roman religion and myth, Jupiter is the king of the gods and the god of sky and thunder. Jupiter was the chief deity of Roman state religion throughout the Republican and Imperial eras, until the Empire came under Christian rule. In Roman mythology, he negotiates with Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, to establish principles of Roman religion such as sacrifice.
- Neptune: In ancient Roman religion and myth, Neptune is the Roman god of water and the sea. He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon.
- Minerva: Roman goddess whom Romans from the 2nd century BC onwards equated with the Greek goddess Athena. She was the virgin goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, crafts, magic.
Setting & Locations edit
- Vulcan
- Paris
- Greece
- Egypt
- Athens
- Persia
- Sparta
- Asia
- Libya
- Salamis
- Samos
- Miletus
- Aegina
- Ionia
- Attica
- Thebes
- Thessaly
- Europe
- Scythia
- Hellespont
- Cyrene
- Corinth
- Memphis
- Babylon
- Plataea
- Thrace
- Artemisium
- Boeotia
- Thermopylae
- Sicyon
- Black Sea
- Ethiopia
- Cyprus
- Sicily
- Macedonia
- Eretria
- Tegea
- Chios
- Euboea
- Syria
- Hystaspes
- Solon
- Ephesus
- Lacedaemon
- Arabia
- Massagetae
- Strymon
- Epidaurus
- Abydos
- Ceres
- Peloponnesus
- Phoenicia
- Arcadia
- Artemision
- Syracuse
- Pythia
- Hellenes
- Smyrna
- Nile
- Crete
- Thasos
- Italy
- Heliopolis
- Tanagra
- Phaleron
- Armenia
- Mycale
- Anaxandridas
- Libya
First Sentence edit
I, Herodotus of Halicarnassus, am here setting forth my history, that time may not draw the color from what man has broughtinto being, nor those great and wonderful deeds, manifested by both Greek and barbarians, fail of their report, and, together with all this, the reason why they fought one another.
Table of Contents edit
<Contents for University of Chicago Press - paperback 1988>
List of Maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Book One
Book Two
Book Three
Book Four
Book Five
Book Six
Book Seven
Book Eight
Book Nine
End Notes
Index
Series & Lists edit
This is book 28 of 93 in Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List. (authoritative list)
This is book 11 of 96 in Wikipedia's 100 most influential books ever written. (authoritative list)
This is book 94 of 95 in The Art of Manliness' Essential Man’s Library. (authoritative list)
This book is in Penguin Classics. (publisher edition list)
This book is in Western canon according to Harold Bloom. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Herodotus (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Andrea L. Purvis
- Robert B. Strassler
- John Marincola
- Aubrey de Sélincourt
- Robin Waterfield
- John Gould (Author)
- George Rawlinson
- Harry Carter (Translator)
- Carlos Schrader
- David Grene (Translator) - translator isbn:0226327729 Pub: university of Chicago Press 1987
- Henry Cary
- A. D. Godley (Translator)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Ancient Greek
Publisher: N/A
Country: Greece
Publication Date: c. 440 BC
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 1024
Publisher: N/A
Country: Greece
Publication Date: c. 440 BC
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 1024
Classification edit
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- Dewey: 900
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